Kiwa Surname
Approximately 4,237 people bear this surname
Kiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,470 | 1:29,911 | 3,750 |
| Papua New Guinea | 924 | 1:8,824 | 685 |
| Zimbabwe | 195 | 1:79,170 | 11,618 |
| Kenya | 117 | 1:394,700 | 22,236 |
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Japan | 64 | 1:1,997,567 | 27,803 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Burkina Faso | 41 | 1:447,612 | 6,554 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kiwa (11,162) may also be a first name.
Kiwa Demographics
Kiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwa (Hindi: किवा) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwa? popularity and diffusion
Kiwa is the 109,788th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,719,978 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Kiwa reside; 58 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kiwa is also the 56,910th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 11,162 people.
The surname Kiwa is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,470 people, or 1 in 29,911. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Kiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kiwa surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kiwa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.98% less than the national average, earning R 168,768 per year; in United States they earn 46.46% less than the national average, earning $23,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.19% less than the national average, earning $33,191 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiwa in the Hindi language | ||
| किवा | kiva | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kiwa
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